April 2019


 

Education

Amerasian School in Okinawa

To support funding a principal and teacher for an independent school in Okinawa targeted at Japanese-American students and other students who have difficulty fitting into the Japanese public school system.
Okinawa, Japan. ¥5,880,000


Concordia Language Villages

To support a program to strengthen the teaching of the Japanese language in the US.
Moorhead, MN. $30,000


EngageAsia

To support EngageAsia’s solicitation, selection, and travel costs as part of the 2019 Elgin Heinz Award.
Rye, NY. $2,500


Japan Society of San Diego and Tijuana

To support a day-long high school competition focused on Japanese language and culture.
San Diego, CA. $4,000


Kizuna Across Cultures

To support a classroom to classroom virtual exchange.
Washington, DC. $55,000


US-Japan Technical Connections, Inc.

To support an exchange program that brings rural US students to Fukuoka for a work-study program.
South Royalton, VT. $13,000

 


Communication and Public Opinion


 

Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska

To support a knowledge exchange between the US and Japan concerning screening, assessment, and treatment of abuse victims.
Omaha, NE. $73,441


New York University, School of Law

To support a project to bring US expertise to Japan to study miscarriage of justice.
New York, NY. $25,000


Obon Society

To support the discovery, identification, and return of Japanese war flags to their Japanese families.
Astoria, OR. $20,000


The International House of Japan

To support a series of leadership sessions for young Asia Pacific leaders.
Tokyo, Japan. ¥3,200,000


Tucson Repertory Orchestra

To support a US-Japan joint orchestra concert in Osaka.
Tucson, AZ. $4,464

 


US-Japan Policy Studies


Council on Foreign Relations

To support the creation of an infoGuide to educate and explain the current Japanese constitutional debate.
New York, NY. $35,322

Trustees of Dartmouth College

To support a project to assess the Japanese citizen’s perception of Self-Defense Forces.”
Lebanon, NH. $39,000

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